Besides their spiritual benefits, the contact prayers, Zakat, Ramadan fasting, and Hajj bring many physical, economic, and health benefits.1, 2
Fasting in Ramadan restores the stomach's size, lowers blood pressure, removes toxins, rests the kidneys, and reduces harmful fat.1
The ablutions before prayer encourage more frequent toilet use, which protects against colon cancer.1
The Dawn prayer helps prevent arthritis and combats depression, and the prostrations and bending in prayer prevent headaches and are healthful exercise.1, 2
The moral breakdown of sexual permissiveness produces unwanted children, irresponsible fathers, criminals, social misfits, and many sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS.1
Young people reaching puberty are not physiologically ready for sex, needing perhaps ten more years to be ready for pregnancy and marriage, and God who created us knows what is good for us.1, 2, 3
God controls every blood cell in your body and decides how much sickness, health, and money you get, and money is not always good for you.1, 2, 3
Getting up early is linked to avoiding depression, and sleeping more than eight hours a day brings headaches and possibly depression.1, 2
Every affliction, even a scratch or a headache, results from something you have done, with no exceptions.1, 2, 3
God protects believers even amid viruses and germs, as Dr. Khalifa learned as a child when he swam in Egyptian canals and never caught bilharzia.1, 2, 3, 4
Those who believe in God and follow His commandments will not need a blood transfusion to begin with, nor will their families, and this is God's promise throughout the Quran.1, 2, 3
Today, with homosexuals spread through society, God sends a virus to pick them out rather than destroying whole cities, and AIDS is mainly a homosexual disease.1, 2, 3
The benefits of intoxicants may include employment for many people and temporary medical help, but they are harmful if they become a habit.1, 2, 3
Upholding God's commandments brings perfect health, weight, happiness, and children in God's care, because God alone gives dignity, health, and wealth.1, 2, 3
Whatever God wills is done in the blink of an eye, so He can remove a disease like cancer or AIDS, with angels acting as the best surgeons.1, 2, 3
Whoever follows God's commandments is guaranteed perfect health, perfect wealth, and perfect peace of mind, with no misery whatsoever.1, 2, 3
Muslims may donate organs and blood, because the body is like a garment and helping another human being is good.1, 2, 3
Sleeping too much, more than eight hours a day, is correlated with headaches and depression, while rising early helps against depression.1, 2
In Dr. Khalifa's feeling, AIDS did not appear a thousand years ago because the population was small enough for Satan to handle, but now the population has grown and he is losing control.1, 2, 3
God commands the dawn prayer for our own physical and mental benefit, since getting up at dawn and stretching the joints is good for us.1, 2, 3
God makes fasting days range from short cool days to long hot days as part of the test, and fasting is good for health and harms no one.1, 2, 3, 4
The Quran commands eating and drinking in moderation, not too much.1
Pig meat is prohibited because it is contaminated, with dangerous parasites found in the meat and not the fat, and the prohibition also appears in previous scriptures.1, 2
Self control is the only way to perfect happiness, and disobeying God's sexual laws brings terrible consequences such as abortions and sexually transmitted diseases.1, 2
Preparing for Ramadan is important, and starting to eat moderately beforehand may help the body handle fasting so one can make the best of the month.1
Focused meditation is the most beneficial kind, while clearing the mind of all thought gives only a temporary or false sense of peace.1, 2
God never commands anything counterproductive, and the commandments of the Quran are all linked to a physically and spiritually healthy society.1, 2
Fasting also has scientifically proven benefits for physical health and mental well-being, including resting the digestive system.1, 2
Though we expect nothing in return, God in His mercy gives worldly benefits for kindness, and psychology research shows kindness is good for health.1, 2
God repeatedly tells us in the Quran to be grateful, and thanking God pleases Him, shows us how lucky we are, and benefits our health.1
Modern science has confirmed many miracles from scripture and now shows the power of prayer for health and medicine.1
Scientific studies show that individual prayer and strong faith benefit health and longevity, while studies of intercessory prayer for patients have had very mixed results.1, 2
The strongest evidence for the benefits of prayer concerns mental health, especially depression of many kinds.1, 2
Besides nourishing the soul, fasting has scientifically proven benefits for physical and mental health, including resting the digestive system.1, 2
Abraham was never an idol worshiper, and when he was sick he acknowledged that God healed him; God provides healing for our bodies and souls.1, 2
God designed our hair as a gift that protects the body, and with His help we should care for it by keeping it clean.1, 2
God designed humans perfectly, including an immune system that protects us from disease, which He also restores and heals.1, 2
Reading the Quran for oneself, rather than accepting a parent's faith blindly, answered the author's questions, healed him, and changed his life within days.1, 2
The Quran is a guide and healing for believers, while disbelievers are deaf and blind to it.1
Being appreciative is truly for a person's own good physically and mentally, not only for reasons of faith, as research links gratitude to better health, sleep, and relationships.1, 2
Our spiritual illness can be healed only by God, and the Quran is a major medicine for that healing.1, 2, 3, 4
Drugs and alcohol only mask pain, so one must find and remove what is hurting, since mental health is real and every moment brings a chance for growth.1, 2
When pregnancy threatens the mother's life and only one of two lives can be saved, God left it to our common sense, and doctors must save the life that can be saved.1
Healthy adult Muslims need not fear becoming weak by fasting, since it should improve their health and stamina, though patients should fast under medical supervision.1
Patients with severe diseases such as diabetes, coronary artery disease, or kidney stones are exempt from fasting and should not try to fast.1